Three days later, on Wednesday, 11/24/10, I was informed by the Hospital Care Manager for his floor of bad news. They could not keep my father because under
Medicare Guidelines, he was not being acutely treated but categorized under Observation status. I told her that he had received new meds, that he had extreme difficulty walking but while she understood under Medicare guidelines since they were not treating him with an IV or other acute treatment, he had to be discharged.